Weekend Writing Warriors-New WIP Snippet 6

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I’m now calling this story Blindsided, but it will be only a working title. There are a number of books already released with this sane title;). This snippet comes a little bit after the last one. Ana has left Jace’s garage after he (hopefully) fixed her car. As much as she enjoys his presence she doesn’t plan to see him again. We are in Ana’s point of view.

“She exhaled, climbed out of her car and opened the back door to grab her bag. And nearly screamed when a friendly black face pushed into her space and licked across her cheek. Ana jumped back, hands before her. “Reacher! What the hell are you doing here?”

Of course he gave her no answer other than trying to kiss her some more and a tail that wagged so hard his whole backside wiggled. She shook her head and checked the parking lot. No other cars. She opened the door fully, giving him the room to jump down. “Come on, boy. We better call your dad before he freaks out with worry.”

What works, what doesn’t?

For now the dog will be Reacher, but I’ll probably change that. I just need to wait until I know what I’m doing with Jace’s favourite authors: make some up or use real ones.

Nationals in New York were fabulous. Exhausting and draining, but fabulous nonetheless. I love New York, so it’s always fun to spend time there.

I’ve been working on proofs for my upcoming steampunk release, so once they are done I’ll have to switch gears and get my head back to contemporary hunks. I stumbled across this and definitely agree.

The licking, black face reminded me of my dog, Twiggles. She has no tail but when she’s happy her whole rear end sort of, well, twiggles.

I empathize on titles. Back when I was writing for Silhouette, they never used my titles because they were so bad. I finally spent no more than 10 seconds coming up with a meaningless title on a book, Step from a Dream, knowing they’d change it. But of course, that was the one title of mine they actually used.

The stowaway dog is a fun touch! Enjoyed it. The thing I’d say about using names like Reacher is you risk taking your reader completely out of the story. I read that name and I’m now visualizing Tom Cruise in the movie and that has nothing to do with your book. It’s a cute trope but is it worth distracting the reader from your characters and what they’re doing? But ultimately, it’s your book and your decisions! Best wishes 🙂